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SENIORS' ADVOCATE

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In December 2016 the Monitoring
Report was released. Click the link on the previous sentence to bring up the pdf version of the report. Also
click here for the 2016 Monitoring Report Slides.

Well, another year has passed and the Office of the Seniors'
Advocate has produced its second Annual Report. Attached as a pdf is the 2015-2016
Annual Report. You may find of particular interest page 20
entitled "May 2015 - Seniors' Housing in B.C.: Affordable. Appropriate.
Available". It's in your interest to check out the whole report as
well.

The BC Government in 2015 embarked on a new venture by having
Isabel Mackenzie, the BC Seniors' Advocate, travel through BC. She came to
Penticton on April 22, 2015, as outlined below. Future meetings of this
sort will be advertised on this page, along with other important
information. The most recent events will appear at the top of the page and
older events further down.

The Second Annual meeting, in the form of a Seniors' Forum, will
happen on Thursday, February 4th 2016 from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the
Penticton Museum and Archives, 785 Main St., Penticton.

There will be 3 MLA's at that Seniors' Forum, Judy Darcy, MLA
for Health; Selina Robinson, MLA for Seniors, Local Government and Sport; and
David Eby, MLA for Housing, Liquor Policy, Gaming, Tourism and PavCo.

"We are conducting a tour to speak with seniors across
BC to better understand the issues that matter to them.

This is your chance to ask questions directly to a group of
MLA's who work on issues that are important to seniors, issues such as Health,
Housing and Transportation.

We look forward to seeing you on Thursday February 4th at the
Penticton Museum and Archives."

Also, the First Monitoring Report of Senior’ Services by B.C.’s
Seniors Advocate, Isobel MacKenzie, has been released. For your convenience, you can access the pdf Presentation
here.
The Powerpoint Presentation is here.

Impressive work is being done to determine where we’re at on many issues and
where we want to be forging forward as a province with the highest percentage
of seniors in the country.

Isabel Mackenzie, the BC Seniors' Advocate, spoke at the
Shatford Centre in Penticton on April 22, 2015.

Merle Kindred, Secretary and Director of the Association, was
present and took notes. Click on this link
to read her notes in pdf format.

Also in the April 24th edition of the Western News there was a
write-up. Click this link
for that pdf document.